March 12: Methods for a New Machine Age | Field Trip to Data & Society

Today we’re visiting the nearby Data & Society Research Institute so you can experience a multi-discipilnary, outside-the-academy environment for media- and technology-related research; explore alternative means of doing and disseminating research; and perhaps consider how you might someday fit into such an enterprise. We’ll meet at36 W 20th Street, 11th floor, at 4pm. Please arrive early; the elevator’s S…L…O…W.

Take some more time to browse through the Data & Society website. Check out the People section: what are their disciplinary backgrounds and research interests? Use the little spyglass icon in the upper-right corner to search for “methods,” and see the variety of techniques they employ. Browse through their Databites videos and podcasts.

Search The New York Times and other news sites for “Data & Society” to see how the Institute’s work has been used in the popular press in recent months.

We looked before at The New School’s Human Subjects Research guidelines, but let’s look again to see if are any specific rules for Internet research: look under “HRPP Policies and Procedures” à “Internet Research with Human Subjects”